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Number 1. the study of the structure of the human body
Correct Answer: anatomy
Number 2. the study of the function of the human body
Correct Answer: physiology
Number 3. metabolism that focuses on building up of complex molecules from smaller ones
Correct Answer: anabolism
Number 4. process by which undifferentiated cells (stem cells) develop into specialized cells to perform specific functions
Correct Answer: differentiation
Number 5. A characteristic of life demonstrated through motion that occurs with the entire body or individual organs, single cells, and structures within cells
Correct Answer: movement
Number 6. the formation of new cells for growth, repair, or replacement, or the production of a new individual
Correct Answer: reproduction
Number 7. The ability to detect and respond to changes occurring outside and inside the body
Correct Answer: responsiveness
Number 8. Binds the cells and organs of the body together and functions in the protection, support, and integration of all parts of the body
Correct Answer: connective tissue
Number 9. type of protein fiber of connective tissue and is found in the structure of skin
Correct Answer: collagen
Number 10. stem cells found in connective tissue that help repair damaged tissue
Correct Answer: Mesenchymal cells
Number 11. Contracts to provide movement
Correct Answer: muscular tissue
Number 12. Movement of air and exchange of gases
Correct Answer: respiratory system
Number 13. The total of all chemical reactions occurring in the body
Correct Answer: metabolism
Number 14. functions in mechanical and chemical breakdown of nutrients, absorption of nutrients, and elimination of wastes
Correct Answer: digestive system
Number 15. functions in to circulate blood in the body delivering oxygen and nutrients to cells, and carrying wastes away
Correct Answer: cardiovascular system
Number 16. Provides chemical communications within the body by secreting hormones
Correct Answer: endocrine system
Number 17. functions to protect and thermoregulate
Correct Answer: integumentary system
Number 18. functions to give body structure, protects organs, helps with movement, and produces blood cells
Correct Answer: skeletal system
Number 19. functions to filters the blood of toxins, and controls water balance
Correct Answer: urinary system
Number 20. functions to filter clear fluid called lymph, and defends the body against pathogens
Correct Answer: immune system (lymphatic)
Number 21. The maintenance of a stable internal environment as a response to fluctuations in an external environment
Correct Answer: homeostasis
Number 22. dealing with the study of structures only viewable with a microscope (cellular level)
Correct Answer: microscopic anatomy
Number 23. (also referred to as gross anatomy) dealing with the study of larger structures viewable without the aid of magnification
Correct Answer: macroscopic anatomy
Number 24. functional characteristics that the body must perform to maintain life
Correct Answer: living processes
Number 25. breakdown of large, complex molecules into smaller, simpler ones
Correct Answer: catabolism
Number 26. building up of complex molecules from smaller, simpler ones
Correct Answer: anabolism
Number 27. the smaller molecules
Correct Answer: amino acids
Number 28. the increase in body size due to an increase in a. the size of existing cells, the number of cells, or the amount of material surrounding cells
Correct Answer: growth
Number 29. the basic, independently functional, unit of life composed of molecules and organelles
Correct Answer: cell
Number 30. functional units within a cell
Correct Answer: organelles
Number 31. membrane surrounding cells that allows certain molecules to pass through
Correct Answer: semipermeable membrane
Number 32. composed of 2 or more types of cells working together to perform a specific function
Correct Answer: tissues
Number 33. Sheets of cells that protect and cover exterior surfaces of the body, lines internal cavities and passageways, and forms certain glands
Correct Answer: epithelial tissue
Number 34. Transmits electrical signals in the form of nerve impulses that communicate between different regions of the body
Correct Answer: nervous tissue
Number 35. structure of the body composed of two or more tissue types working together to perform a function
Correct Answer: organ
Number 36. Enables the body to move and produces heat
Correct Answer: muscular system
Number 37. Receives information (sensory), processes it, and sends out instructions
Correct Answer: nervous system
Number 38. the living being that has a cellular structure and can independently perform all physiologic functions necessary for life
Correct Answer: organism
Number 39. core body temperature of 98.6˚F (average), blood glucose level of 100mg/100ml of blood (average), and blood pressure of 120/70 mm/Hg (average)
Correct Answer: homeostatic mechanisms
Number 40. loops, are inhibitory in nature, meaning they oppose the change from the “set point” causing the opposite effect
Correct Answer: negative feedback mechanism
Number 41. a negative feedback mechanism ( sensor) provides information about internal conditions
Correct Answer: receptor
Number 42. a negative feedback mechanism (set point or integrator) tells what a particular value should be
Correct Answer: control center
Number 43. a negative feedback mechanism that causes responses that alter conditions in the internal environment
Correct Answer: effector
Number 44. homeostasis of body temperature control
Correct Answer: thermoregulation
Number 45. The axial portion of the human body includes the head, neck, and trunk.
Correct Answer: axial
Number 46. The appendicular portion of the body includes the upper and lower limbs.
Correct Answer: appendicular
Number 47. protects organs of the nervous system and has two subdivisions: cranial cavity and spinal cavity
Correct Answer: dorsal cavity
Number 48. encloses the brain
Correct Answer: cranial cavity
Number 49. (also termed vertebral cavity) encloses the vertebral column and the spinal cord
Correct Answer: spinal cavity
Number 50. contains subdivisions of the upper and lower trunk: thoracic cavity and abdominopelvic cavity
Correct Answer: ventral cavity
Number 51. surrounded by the ribs and chest muscles: mediastinum and pleural cavities
Correct Answer: thoracic cavity
Number 52. contains the pericardial cavity
Correct Answer: mediastinum
Number 53. contains the heart, trachea, and esophagus
Correct Answer: pericardial cavity
Number 54. contains the lungs
Correct Answer: pleural cavities
Number 55. from the diaphragm to the lower floor of the pelvis: abdominal cavity and pelvic cavity
Correct Answer: abdominopelvic cavity
Number 56. includes the liver, stomach, spleen, kidneys, and intestines
Correct Answer: abdominal cavity
Number 57. includes the bladder and reproductive organs
Correct Answer: pelvic cavity
Number 58. (also termed serous membrane) a double-layered membrane made up of two parts: parietal serosa and visceral serosa
Correct Answer: serosa
Number 59. lines the cavity walls
Correct Answer: parietal serosa
Number 60. covers organs in the cavity
Correct Answer: visceral serosa
Number 61. a thin layer of fluid that acts as a lubricant, allowing organs to move within the cavity without causing friction
Correct Answer: serous fluid
Number 62. lines the pericardial cavity
Correct Answer: parietal pericardium
Number 63. the reference for anatomical nomenclature, or terms
Correct Answer: anatomical position
Number 64. an imaginary two-dimensional surface that passes through the body
Correct Answer: plane
Number 65. divides the body or an organ vertically into right and left sides
Correct Answer: sagittal plane
Number 66. or median plane, divides the body into equal right and left sides
Correct Answer: midsagittal
Number 67. (or longitudinal section) divides into unequal sides
Correct Answer: parasagittal plane
Number 68. (or coronal plane) divides the body or an organ into an anterior (front) portion and a posterior (rear) portion
Correct Answer: frontal plane
Number 69. (or horizontal) divides the body or organ horizontally into upper and lower portions
Correct Answer: transverse plane
Number 70. (or ventral) the front or direction toward the front of the body
Correct Answer: anterior
Number 71. (or dorsal) the back or direction toward the back of the body
Correct Answer: posterior
Number 72. (or cranial) a position above or higher than another part of the body proper
Correct Answer: superior
Number 73. (or caudal) a position below or lower than another part of the body proper
Correct Answer: inferior
Number 74. direction toward the side of the body
Correct Answer: lateral
Number 75. the middle or direction toward the middle of the body
Correct Answer: medial
Number 76. a position nearer to the point of attachment or the trunk of the body
Correct Answer: proximal
Number 77. a position in a limb that is farther from the point of attachment or the trunk of the body
Correct Answer: distal
Number 78. a position closer to the surface of the body
Correct Answer: superficial
Number 79. a position farther from the surface of the body
Correct Answer: deep
Number 80. body is face-down
Correct Answer: prone
Number 81. body is face-up
Correct Answer: supine
Number 82. region of the arm in front of the elbow
Correct Answer: Antecubital
Number 83. armpit area
Correct Answer: Axillary
Number 84. over the brachial artery in the upper arm
Correct Answer: Brachial
Number 85. of or relating to the cheeks or the mouth
Correct Answer: Buccal
Number 86. wrist
Correct Answer: Carpal
Number 87. neck region
Correct Answer: Cervical
Number 88. hip
Correct Answer: Coxal
Number 89. elbow
Correct Answer: Cubital
Number 90. fingers
Correct Answer: Digital
Number 91. back
Correct Answer: Dorsal
Number 92. relating to the femur or thigh
Correct Answer: Femoral
Number 93. buttocks region
Correct Answer: Gluteal
Number 94. the groin or area in lower lateral regions of the abdomen
Correct Answer: Inguinal
Number 95. area over the lumbar spine
Correct Answer: Lumbar
Number 96. breast
Correct Answer: Mammary
Number 97. nose
Correct Answer: Nasal
Number 98. back of head region
Correct Answer: Occipital
Number 99. mouth
Correct Answer: Oral
Number 100. eye region
Correct Answer: Orbital
Number 101. ear
Correct Answer: Otic
Number 102. palm of the hand area
Correct Answer: Palmar
Number 103. front of knee
Correct Answer: Patellar
Number 104. chest area
Correct Answer: Pectoral
Number 105. foot area
Correct Answer: Pedal
Number 106. sole of foot
Correct Answer: Plantar
Number 107. region on the back of the knee
Correct Answer: Popliteal
Number 108. between hips in posterior
Correct Answer: Sacral
Number 109. of or relating to the area near the shoulder blade (scapula)
Correct Answer: Scapular
Number 110. chest
Correct Answer: Thorax
Number 111. torso or thorax and abdomen
Correct Answer: Trunk
Number 112. relating to the central area of the abdomen/navel
Correct Answer: Umbilical
Number 113. spinal column
Correct Answer: Vertebral
Number 114. the building of new organs using cells from an individual that are then constructed on a human-made platform called a scaffold
Correct Answer: tissue engineering
Number 115. the study of tissues
Correct Answer: Histology
Number 116. receive information
Correct Answer: dendrites
Number 117. contains the nucleus
Correct Answer: cell body
Number 118. part of the neuron where information in the form of electricity travels and is sent to another cell/axon is insulated by the myelin sheath
Correct Answer: axon
Number 119. the cell of nervous tissue
Correct Answer: neuron
Number 120. hair-like structures found in the epithelial tissue that have mobility to sweep substances across the surface
Correct Answer: cilia
Number 121. surface that opens to the body cavity and where secretion, absorption, and excretion takes place. Cilia are found on this surface in some epithelium
Correct Answer: free surface
Number 122. surface that binds epithelium to underlying tissue
Correct Answer: basement membrane
Number 123. fluid portion of a cell where organelles are found
Correct Answer: cytoplasm
Number 124. control center of a cell containing DNA
Correct Answer: nucleus
Number 125. insulates the axon
Correct Answer: myelin sheath